This year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) opened on a brighter note with a command performance of a play entitled Osusu, as a clarion call on Nigerians to continue to work together for the unity of the nation.
The production was by the Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture on Monday night at the National Institute for Sports, National Stadium, Lagos.
The play dwells on the need for Nigerians to work as united people, could not have come at a better time than now considering the many.challenges confronting the existence of the nation.
It.calls on all to work.assidiously towards the peaceful coexistence of the different ethnics while respecting each others differences.
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The main thrust of the play Osusu, which in Yoruba language is symbolic and means bunch of brooms that is not.easy to break, is promotion of unity. And.to.further achieve.this, the production thrilled the guests to musical tunes rendered in different indigenous languages, while sensitising Nigerians to jettison greed, pride, nepotism, moral decadence and kidnapping, as well as to embrace unity and peace.Also the play which lasted about an hour focused on the importance of hardwork, honesty, sincerity and imbibing the nation’s beautiful, unique and rich culture.
As a throwback to the good old days, the troupe entertained a to musical works of the oldies by the likes of Victor Uwaifor, Fela Anikulapo Kuti when afro hair and mini skirt were in vogue. The costumes were also a reminder of the changes in fashion.D